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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fpom:
Hi all,

I'm trying to root my N1 running Gingerbread 2.3.3, everything looks correct but fails at the very last step: su does execute. Here is the steps I followed:

1. fastboot eom unlock

2. download nexus-addon-01.-signed.zip from xda, I don't want to apply the whole update, just install su. That's why I have the next steps.

3. extract system/bin/su

4. edit META-INF/com/google/android/update-script to:

assert compatible_with("0.2") == "true"

assert getprop("ro.product.device") == "passion" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "passion"

show_progress 0.1 0

copy_dir PACKAGE:system/bin SYSTEM:bin

show_progress 0.8 0

set_perm 0 0 06755 SYSTEM:bin/su

show_progress 0.1 10

5. zip to unsigned.zip

6. java -jar signapk.jar certificate.pem key.pk8 unsigned.zip update.zip

7. upload update.zip to sdcard

8. fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1.img

9. reboot to recovery, disable signature check, flash my update.zip, reboot

10. adb shell

$ ls -l /system/bin/su

-rwsr-sr-x root root 26544 2008-08-01 14:00 su

$ /system/bin/su

Permission denied

I really don't understand what's going on... Moreover, I noticed that my recovery goes back to stock as soon as I reboot (adb reboot recovery). This is not a problem in itself since it lets me flash, get stock recovery back and receive OTA. But not having root is definitely a problem!

Many thanks in advance to anyone with an idea that could help!

Cheers,

Franck
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirk:
All you need to do is flash THIS .zip from your SD using custom recovery. That is all.

The reason your stock recovery keeps coming back is because you are using a stock ROM which will overwrite the custom recovery on every reboot.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fpom:
It worked perfectly, thanks! I assume that the main difference with what I did is su version, isn't it? Thanks also about the recovery, it's worth knowing.

Franck
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirk:
There are two files residing on the stock ROM that cause the recovery to revert on boot. You can remove these to stop this behaviour. Sorry i can't name them from memory, but some here can!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danger-rat:
Just flash this through recovery, and it will delete the two files for you...

http://db.tt/cp7De8G
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fpom:
Many thanks indeed! :-)

Franck
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinnyjr:
I am in the process of unlocking bootloader, After unlocking the bootloader, to gain root all I have to do is flash that su.zip file ???

Thanks,

Vinny
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fpom:
That's what I did, it worked fine. First flash su.zip, then if you want to keep your custom recovery, flash the other zip.

Franck
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jlom117:
it wont let me flash that su.zip file..... what steps should i take to be sure im doing it right?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danger-rat:
Have you flashed custom recovery?

Perhaps toggle signature verification?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jlom117:
i dont know how to do any of that... im new to this stuff. how do you do it?? or do you know of any links i could get that info from?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fpom:
You should follows these steps:

download su.zip on the phone's sdcard

power off your phone

plug usb cable between the phone and the computer

hold the trackball pressed and turn phone on, you'll see the fastboot screen (with three android robots on wheels)

on your computer, as root, run "fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1.img"

using volume up/down and power keys, power off the phone

hold volume down pressed and turn phone on, you'll see the recovery screen (green text with a Nexus cross in the background)

using the trackball, navigate to "flash zip from sdcard", select with the trackball

select "toggle signature check" (something like that, it's the 2dn option)

select "choose zip" (the 1st option)

select su.zip, confirm

the phone is now rooted

if you wish to keep the custom recovery flashed at step 5, also flash the second zip proposed by danger-rat, but be aware that you won't be able to install OTA updates anymore
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danger-rat:
Just to clarify, you will be able to install OTA updates, but you will have to do it manually, instead of letting them auto install...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jordanshodges:
I'm interested to try this HOWEVER, will I lose all my apps and settings? All I want is to root but leave stock ROM alone and NOT lose anything. Please advise.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danger-rat:
You will lose all apps and settings, but you can backup a LOT of what you currently have... What exactly are you concerned about losing?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serjs:
Guys i have bricked n1 (with broken bootloader) but some man help me to resurrect bootloader with help of riffbox, and now if i try to flash official 2.1 after restart my bootloader destroyed again. Help to set Radio 100% worked.
[P3470 ROM Development] sankysys:
Hi!

Sorry for my bad english.

This is my kitchen for the Pharos. It is in Russian.

This cuisine is based on OsBuilder by Barin http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10707640#post10707640

You can take the OEM drivers from ENG firmware themselves to collect any build with this kitchen. In the kitchen is already 21689 and 23569 build.

http://depositfiles.com/en/files/hcy0p0ac5

P.S. Maybe later I create ENG kitchen.

Donate ME
[P3470 ROM Development] sankysys:
Currently working on creating ENG kitchen. If there are interested, please write, it will accelerate the process.
[Vibrant General] bykalfa:
Hi,I need Samsung T959 variant Turkish firmware please.
[Vibrant General] oka1:
Look in I9000 development section and message Supercurio. If anyone knows where to locate that file he would.

You need to understand that:

A person that speaks 3 languages is Tri-lingual

A person that speaks 2 languages is Bi-lingual ...and...

A person that speaks 1 language is American :D

So, the European I9000 probably will be able to help you faster
[Xoom General] SS2006:
I realized the Xoom is listed under the devices in Badaboom, once installed

http://badaboomit.com/

Anyone try it, could be a easy, one click hi res transcode, considering its Nvidias program

Extremely amazing/simple UI in my opinion

Someone let me know i dont get my atrix for a few days

EDIT:

interesting observation in that the max bitrate (slider) for Xoom allowable is 3500 kbps, which is great

but for iPad..its 5000....
[Xoom General] mug2k:
Did you try it ?.
[Xoom General] cwizardtx:
I tried it. It's simple but the files that it creates are unnecessarily large. I prefer to use eMote's handbrake script.
[Xoom General] mug2k:
How fast was it ?
[Xoom General] Walkamo:
I used the demo version on some BD and DVD discs. Using a i7 2630 a DVD took 11 minutes to encode. The BD disc took 18 minutes. Blazing Fast.

I think the video quality is quite good. Badaboom utilizes the Intel Quick Sync technology which is great.

The only problem I have is that some BD titles do not decode properly. I get some colored lines in the picture. Cannot figure out what is wrong..

This is the only thing that is keeping me from purchasing..

Walkamo
[Xoom General] darksaint2:
badaboom only does dvd not blu-ray right:(
[Xoom General] Walkamo:
It will not convert directly from the BD disc, however it will convert a MKV file of the BD disc (Full quality)....

Works great on some discs and not on others.. Not sure why...

Walkamo
[Xoom General] insyder:
Can you give an example of some disks you don't have working?

I use badaboom because it uses GPU decoding. I've found for BD that it works best to rip to M2TS and then run through badaboom. Takes longer as you are running full quality through, but haven't run into any lines or the like.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
Hey all, I am having trouble booting anything onto my HD2 everytime i boot the phone i get stuck on the (tri colour screen) "Hardspl" i think..

I am able to install original HTC roms and custom roms via USB and Serial but after i install them and it says installation complete when the phone restarts it just gets stuck on the "Hardspl" screen again??

Any help is appreciated thanks :)

Here are some images to help

http://img29.imageshack.us/g/dsc0007riq.jpg/

(UPDATED)

How do i remove hspl ive tried installing an offical rom from the SD card but i still boot into this screen ????
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
Try this........

Power off the phone (make sure your battery is over 50%)

Turn on while holding the vol. down button.

You should be at bootloader (three colour screen)

If you have HSPL installed you should see "cotulla" and "HSPL" on the bootloader somewhere.

If youve been flashing official roms though this may have uninstalled HSPL.

I couldnt get the screenshots you linked to...

You can attach image files using the "manage attachments" button down under the text entry area.. (i think)

Id suggest trying to flash a stock/official rom just now until you get up and running.

With the phone at bootloader you should see the word "serial" at the bottom of the screen....

Connect via USB and wait for "serial" to change to "USB", this could take a few minutes.......

When you see "usb" flash the ROM from your pc......

You should make sure that you have the correct ROM for your phone, go to the HTC site and pump in your serial number.

If you still have problems after this then post back here with any error messages you might get...

Hope that helps.....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
Thanks for the reply, for the link you need to add (http ://) sorry i should have mentioned that

but i just finished doing what you told be and it finished installing. it had the HTC logo on phone with loading bar as on PC screen no errors :S but im still stuck on the tri colour screen
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
I originally had android booted onto this mobile but the 3G was not working so i tried installing the HTC wm 6.5 rom that I downloaded from the HTC website but it would not get out of the tri colour screen after i installed it.

So i though it may have been the hardspl its self so i updated the SLP from 2.05 to the 3.03 one im currently on but it does the same thing
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
Hmm ok...

So the flash finished all the wasy to 100% and there were no error messages..

then the phone rebooted and went to bootloader (3 colours)...??

Restarting the phone just keeps returning you to bootloader??

Try turning off then back on while holding down both volume buttons and see what happens.

Which model of HD2 do you have and which ROM did you flash??
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
Yes thats correct.

When i turn the device on wile holding vol up-down i get a grey screen to

"This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. press vol up to restore or press any other keys to cancel"

and im not sure what HTC HD2 i have..

Model: T8585 ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
I flashed the latest rom from the HTC website using the S/N

"RUU_Leo_S_HKCSL_WWE_3.14.831.3_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship"
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
Okay, get to that screen and press volume up to continue, this will perform a hard reset which is recommended after a flash, your device should then boot up, may take a few minutes as its the first time..........
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
ok, It finished in like less then 10sec but there was not skips did from 1% - 100% smoothly and says "Restore....Completed Press VolUp to boot"

So i pressed volume up and once again stuck on the tri colour screen :(

any more suggestions or is my phone dead?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
Hmmm :confused::confused::confused:

Phones not bricked because 95% of the time if you can get to bootloader the problem can be fixed........

I have the feeling this is something obvious that Im not picking up on.

Chances are someone else will see this and point out the obvious but at the minute I cant think why it might be doing that......

You could try flashing the ROM from SD card.

Rename the file on your PC to "leoimg.nbh" and put it on a 2gb/4gb sd card, turn the phone off, put the card in, turn on and it should flash........

Like I said, i dont think your phone is dead, I think Im missing something obvious....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
its weird because i can install roms, hardspl's and all that stuff it knows the phone is there and installs them but for some reason it never gets passes the hardspl stage.. on each boot.

it accually boots into the tri colour screen in a split second of turning the phone on
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
Its a longshot but is there any possibility that your volume down button is stuck in the pressed position.........:confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
yeah i have installed off the SD card already. that took awhile but it says everything is ok and installsion has completed.

same problem though once i restart tri-coloured screen pops up.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
Im afraid Im not sure about this one...........

I'll keep thinking and let you know if anything occurs to me.....

Im sure someone else will chip in at some point and point out the issue though.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
alright no worries thanks for the help and time hopefully someone knows what the problem is.

Maybe if i uninstall the Hardspl? might totally wreck it and 100% brick my phone if it fails but I think its the only option ill have left soon
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
uninstalling hspl shouldnt cause any harm........

I didnt realise you had HSPL installed, I take it you instaled that after flashing the stock rom??

If you have HSPL installed......

Try to install a custom rom, ie an energy rom, just as an experiment........
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
dunno if youve seen the images yet conan, but unless its changed since, the OP has 3.03.0000

also, if he has magldr installed ( i didnt see it mentioned, but..) when you hard reset it takes just a few seconds, because it is only hard resetting magldr (at least thats my understanding, and would offer a reason why hard reset is so quick)

I suspect incorrect 3,14 flash, which didnt complete so its returning to bootloader,

so, OP, bootloader - hspl4 - 3.03.hspl - flash your 3.13 rom again, over usb.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
ok thanks ill try that right now, also yes magldr was installed for android but i thought I got rid of it once i rebooted the offical HTC rom.

If this works im donating $20 to you right away no joke :).. ive been trying to fix for 13hours straight
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
sd card flash, right?

Step 1 of the flash is the spl gets overwritten by the one in the leoing.nbh rom (3.03.0000 in this case) and then the phone reboots, and starts to flash , , splashscreen (where magldr is), radio, rom.

BUT, the phone wont allow the flash to start because hspl is now gone, so it fails CID checks and stops, so doesn't remove magldr, radio, rom, nothing, it just stops. Further attempts at flashing fail because you teh user haven't notived the spl change, you assume the whole flash failed, and that hspl is still there.

You shouldnt be able to get that far normaly, it would fail before it even starts, on a stock spl, except that hspl was there, so the flash was allowed to begin.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
Ok, so its on SPL-3.03.HSPL now then I installed the latest HTC offical rom with USB but still no go :(

also if it is resetting magldr how come it doesent load up like it used to after a reset :confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
ohhh so what i just did by installing the offical rom again is wrong? because that would only get rid of the HSPL?

"flash your 3.13 rom again" you dont mean the offical rom?

http://img534.imageshack.us/i/cache0000012e72344b4b17.jpg/

Image is after rom flash via USB
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
thanks sam, I was hoping this would catch your eye....

I wondered about the magldr issue but assumed flashing would wipe it. This was the case for me anyway...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
I personaly think my phone is bricked. all the posts and threads I have read people get errors of some kind when flashing there roms wich make them go back to the tri-coloured screen.

But with mine it installs everything without errors Roms,Radios,spl's. so i think its installing them correctly but the path or MBR may be invalid or corrupt..?? i have no idea how phones boot sorry for being a newbie.

but is there anyway to get into the internal memory or boot section and change how it boots?

I have no idea what im talking about sorry lol but if anyone figures it out ill be so happy. :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
Hmm, , tis an odd one, going straight into bootlaoder, flash appearing to work but nothing. Ive seen that before, seeming to flash bit nothing changes.

Does bootlaoder have 'RUU' in the upper right corner?

Also, save me going back and reading through again, tmous or regular? last working OS on the phone was...?

a few things id try

1 - flashing a stock rom (not 3.14) using sd card.

or/and

2 - manually selecting different spl/hspl.

between each test, see if the spl actually changes.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
No RUU in corner, its a Regular HD2, last working ROM was android 2.2 installed with MAGLD113

I have tried flashing an older stock rom.

and changing the different spl/hspl does change the numbers on the tri-screen after reboot

I think its weird that I am unable to see magld i can even reinstall that but it still boots with tri-coloured screen
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
what about "task 29" mitty would that hurt to give it a try?

Edit: 5am i gota get some shut eye, any more suggestions or new ideas from anyone please post them when i wake up ill try them all :) Thanks guys for all the help so far I really appreciate it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
Right, so it looks like it is actually flashing then, just reentering bootloader every time.

Not really sure what to suggest, then. I think maybe conans idea about a faulty hard key may be right, , , when you put a leoimg on your sd card, and it enters bootloader, does it start to flash it itself?

when you do a hard reset (vol up and vol down) is there any hint of strangeness?

try booting with only vol-up pressed, see what happens, if it hard resets then vol down is stuck.

Can you feel the gentle 'click' as the button connects when you press it? press it real slow.

Maybe even a gentle blast of compressed air / switch cleaner, if you're brave enough.

On the software side, i can make you a goldcard if you can find a cid for a 2gb or less sd card. probably wont help, but when you're trying everything, its best to actually try everything.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
turning on whilst holding vol up was going to be my next suggestion but I see sam beat me to it...

the more I think about it the more this seems like a plausible explanation.

I don't recall ever seeing this bootloader issue being reported before.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
Hardware

i have tried booting wile holding the "Volup" to see if it would either boot into the "factory reset" or maybe pass the tri-coloured screen.

But the buttons seem to be fine, there both firm to click and i can hear the button click of both vol-up and down.

Software

i have only got 8gb micro SD-card and a 256mb normal SD-card will any of them work?

also i do not understand what a CID is.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abdul9.:
Ok now let me give it a go. My steps may take more time but it wont hurt to try. First pull the battery and install it back, normally this should solve the problem but you said it always go back to bootloader. Ok for test purpose install hspl, radio and mgdl and install the android rom you had before and see what happens. If everything goes fine then do task 29 and flash an older stockriom in the native language of you phone. This should solve the issue, if it doesn't then i guess the problem must be somewhere else only provided the android rom you installed boots without any problems.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
ok thanks.

I just tried what you suggested but after installing

Hspl 2.08 > Radio 2.15.50.14 > MAGLDR113

it stays on boot screen so i am unable to boot the android DAF.

But I just noticed a few things that may help, when going though the flashing steps on PC it never tells me the current I'mage version I'm on?? is that normal also when flashing MAGLDR133 the installation goes from 0% to 100% in like 2sec it just jumps there.

ill link some screenshots

http://img145.imageshack.us/g/img2fp.png/
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
Alright its coming down to the wire now I think ill need to send it in for repairs I got a quotation from "Fix My Mobile" a store about 40min drive from where i live

Email reply --------------------------------------------------------------

Thank you for your time in registering a quote request with Fix My Mobile. Sorry to hear that your phone is broken.

We are happy to provide you with the following quotation for the repair of your HTC HD2.

Based on the information you have provided, the price for this repair is $119 incl GST. It sounds like you have a corrupt bootloader on your phone.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Corrupt bootloader does that sound about right?

ill wait for some replys before I decide but $120-$200 is not bad i guess id rather pay that then buy a new phone.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abdul9.:
Are you able to go into the magldr menu or not, if not then do you know how to go into the menu? Well just press the power key till it goes into the menu, if it doesn't work try reflashing it. If that also doesn't work then lets now try flashing a custom rom. You said you now have a startscreen so that means it has nothing to do with the hardware. Go into bootloader and try it.

About the intstallation of hspl, radio and maddlr its normal that it reacts the way it did.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Australian icon:
no i am unable to boot into magldr menu and i have no start screen. my start screen is the bootloader.

Once i turn the device on the 1st thing that comes up is the bootloader with serial or USb depending on weather its connected or not.

When I flash a new rom the only thing that changes is the spl number on the bootloader ( if i installed with SD card)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
I think corrupt bootloader may be right. This would normally be indicated by weird misshapen characters on the bootloader but I guess it could also happen without these obvious symptoms.

That repair place might be your best bet....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
Yea, primary program loader stuck in a bootloader loop sounds reasonable. A job for the voodoo of JTAG i dont doubt.

Good luck with that.